6+ hour, 40+ min ago   (322+ words) Yemen’s Houthi group said Saturday that international shipping through the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait remained near normal even as intense ground fighting raged along its shores. In a statement released through Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the group said 73 international vessels, including…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago   (820+ words) The bodies of 41 victims of the worst Philippine ferry disaster in over a decade made their way through the blue waters of a resort area on Sunday, bound for a dock where forensic investigators awaited them. Days after a fire…...

18+ hour, 1+ min ago   (577+ words) North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles Saturday, Seoul said, a day after South Korea concluded five days of joint maritime drills with the United States and Japan that were focused on the North. Pyongyang last month slammed plans for the…...

6+ hour ago   (823+ words) By Sonny Lo Shiu Hing All these circumstances can affect the personal security of Chinese citizens, who can be barred from visiting problematic places. While the scope of Article 2 embraces the broader aspects of war and conflicts, it can also…...

18+ hour, 7+ min ago   (770+ words) “Good job!” Outside Stockholm’s Farsta subway station where a 2023 shooting killed two innocent bystanders, locals thank Max Akerwall and his police team for turning the tide on gang violence. An otherwise tranquil country, Sweden has endured over a decade of…...

18+ hour, 49+ min ago   (422+ words) Niger’s junta chief appointed a new chief of staff, state TV reported on Friday, after a thwarted army mutiny last month shook his grip on power. Supporters of the military government put down the attempted uprising with the help of…...

18+ hour, 33+ min ago   (672+ words) A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children’s agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from windows on high floors to escape the carnage. The blaze…...

18+ hour, 32+ min ago   (795+ words) At least 23 prisoners have died in Tunisia in recent weeks due to extreme heat, according to rights advocates, who have long condemned harsh detention conditions made worse by overcrowding. Authorities have yet to release figures for prison deaths this summer,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (471+ words) A British man appeared in court in London on Thursday charged with preparing to sabotage a drone factory and drone manufacturing sites on behalf of Russian military intelligence. Prosecutors allege that Joshua Cammidge, 31, contacted a representative of Russia’s military intelligence…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (462+ words) The US-led anti-jihadist coalition has begun withdrawing from Iraq’s Kurdistan region ahead of a deadline to end their mission in the country, a Kurdish official said Thursday. They had already completed their withdrawal from other bases in Iraq in January…...